[BlindMath] Future of AI

[Michael Cantino]

Hi all,
To Susan's point, there are some Nemeth-to-print tools currently available.
Sorry I didn't dig into this sooner, Al!

There are some tools available. I'm not sure that any of them would
technically qualify as "AI", but Nemeth to print translation does exist in
a few contexts.

There are a few tools that will allow for real-time Nemeth to print
translation (and print to Nemeth translation), but this is typically
limited to user-entered text and does not support full-document
translation. Susan mentioned Sam Dooley's Equalize Editor, which is an
excellent example. Desmos also supports Nemeth to print translation within
their calculators. The JAWS Braille Math Editor supports Nemeth to print
translation while working in newer versions of Word.

The only full-document Nemeth to print translation I've seen (if I remember
correctly) is the KeySoft software on Humanware braille devices. This has
been around for quite some time. It's been a while since I last checked in
on this translation feature, but to my knowledge, it is working
effectively.

I would like to see more full-document Nemeth-to-print translation tools. I
was actually thinking about this after watching Sam's last demonstration of
the Equalize Editor. It would be interesting if a student could upload a
BRF to something like the Equalize Editor and have their braille content
rendered in print for the full document.

Michael Cantino (he/him)
BVIS Technology Specialist
Northwest Regional Education Service District